A Topic of Moral Theology
What a law may command
Just, useful, possible; laws contrary to divine law are no laws; determining natural obligations; heroic acts; merely internal acts.
The works themselves ask 9 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Law · Human act · Good · Heroic · Human Acts · Civil · Heroic act · Act · Actions · An internal act · Hidden · Internal voluntary · Legal justice · Matter · Most Universal · Object · Past · Power · Princes · Superior · Vice · Virtue
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. III, Chapter III. The Matter of Law, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Article IV. On the Object (Matter) of Law, nn. ¶1 & 117 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Laws, Part One. On Laws in General, Ch. III, Article I. On the Object of Law, nn. 88, 89 & 90 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. III, Ch. III, Article II. On the Object of Human Law, nn. 181, 182, 183 & 184 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Laws in General, Section B: On the Laws Whi…, Fourth Part: On Human and …, Second Question: On the Po…, Article I: On the Matter of Human Law, nn. ¶1, 279, 280, 281 & 282 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. III, Pt. I, Chapter III. On the Object of Law, nn. 76, 77, 77, Q. 2, 77, Q. 3, 77, Q. 4 & 77, Q. 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Slater, Cases I · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)